Amazon updates Bee wearable AI assistant with new features
US technology group Amazon has rolled out updates to Bee, its wearable artificial intelligence assistant designed to capture conversations and generate insights and suggested actions for users.
Amazon said Bee is designed to learn from conversations, emails and other information that customers choose to share, building a picture of daily activities to surface insights and prompts.
The company said Bee processes conversations in real time and does not store audio recordings. Since joining Amazon, the device has received several major updates, including the addition of Voice Notes, it added.
Amazon said Bee’s features include Actions, which can draft emails or create calendar invitations when users mention follow-ups, and Daily Insights, which highlight behavioural patterns over time. Other tools include Templates that generate contextual summaries and Voice Notes, which allow users to capture thoughts with a single button press.
The company also said the assistant can help with shopping tasks, including searching for products by activity or purpose, adding items to a basket, finding deals and automatically purchasing items once a set price is reached.
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Amazon said many customers initially used Bee to record meetings, lectures and work-related conversations, while others adopted it for personal use. Over time, the device can surface insights drawn from months of conversations, emails, calendar information and health data from HealthKit, the company said.
Amazon said privacy controls are built into the product, with only users able to access their transcripts and summaries unless they choose to share them. Customers can delete their personal data at any time, the company added, as development continues on new features and devices.
The Recap
- Amazon is evolving Bee, a wearable AI that captures conversations.
- Bee processes conversations in real time and does not store audio.
- Features include Voice Notes, Actions, Daily Insights and Templates.
